Driver accused of biting girlfriend's nose, causing accident

WORCESTER — A Worcester man is accused of biting his girlfriend's nose Thursday during an argument in their car on Route 146, as well as drunken driving.

Around 2 a.m. Thursday, Trooper Jared Tiberi responded to a call for a motor vehicle crash on Route 146 at the on ramp to Interstate 290, according to state police. The state trooper found Worcester Fire Department and ambulance workers tending to two people, one a woman with bite marks on her nose.

The woman told the trooper that she and her boyfriend, Santos Gomez, 35, of Worcester, and some relatives had been returning from Mohegan Sun and had just dropped off the relatives.

Mr. Gomez reportedly became angry at his girlfriend, accusing her of not treating his grandmother properly, state police said.

"Gomez, who was driving, turned the steering wheel at two different times, resulting in the vehicle crashing into a Jersey barrier," according to state police. "Gomez then came across the seat, grabbed her by the neck and bit her nose."

A Grafton man who was passing by saw the accident and stopped. He found the woman crying and bleeding from her nose. The passer-by had the woman sit in his truck and called police. He kept Mr. Gomez away from his girlfriend.

"Gomez made statements relative to having had too many alcoholic beverages and to assaulting his girlfriend," state police said.

The two were taken to UMass Memorial Medical Center — University Campus for treatment. Mr. Gomez was released into state police custody and arrested.

He faces charges of drunken driving, mayhem, assault with a dangerous weapon, negligent driving, marked lanes violation and driving with a revoked license. He was to be arraigned in Central District Court.